Legging.



PATENTE) APR. 14, 1908. E. LE Bossi LBGGING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8, 1907.

tion, in which si ireference lndicate corresponding parts 1n all ,EUGENELE Bossa, or' NnWYonK, N. Y;

- .LEGGINQ spcincation o: Letters Patent.

PatentedApril l1.4, 1908.

Applieationled. February 8, Serial No. `356,396.

To all whom 'it may concern."

Be it known that I, EUGNE LE Boss, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented anew and useful Improvement i-n Leggings, of whichthe following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to improvements. in leggings, and theobject of myinvention is 'to produce a legging which can be used like the ordinarylegging, or which may be the leg of a boot, and particularly* to producea le ging which shall be self adjusting so as to a apt itself readily tothe leg, tnd which will fit closely upon the leg, and which isprovidedwith a spring attachment to accomplish the'above result, and with anextra fastening device to secure the spring. All this to the end that -asimple and inexpensive legging and attachment can be j roduced, whichcan be instantly applied, W 'ch will fit Well, and which can be securelyfastened. J l

A further object of my invention 1s to roduce va structure of this kindwhich wil be self fastening to a certain extent, so thatif the means forsecuring the adjusting spring should' fail, the legging 'would still iitthe leg. To these ends my invention consistsr of certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts which will be'hereinafterdescribed and claimed. l Reference is to be had to the accompany-l ingdrawing formrixrg a art of this specifica-A ar letters and figures ofthe views.

Figure 1 is 'a side elevation of the closed legging embodying myinvention, the attachments 'being shown by dotted lines.' Fig. 2 isan'inslde elevation on a reduced scale, with the legging open, and Fig.3 is a perspective view ofthe spring attachment which is secured to thelegging.

The body ofthe legging 10 can be of any suitable material, such asleather or cloth, and it opens u as usual, but is normally closed by ares' lent spring 11, which is relativel I broad and fiat, but very thin,andY whic vextends transversely across the vvinside of the legging Thetension of the spring is such t at 1t normally coils u and so it isinclined to hug the leg and ho d the `The sprin lterminates at the endso the bars 12 an 13, the"`latter being also of lspring material, so thatit can legs.

be readily secured as hereinafter described. The spring and the bars 12and 13 are preferably covered bya lining 14, except that the ends 135Lof the `spring bar 13 are left naked, -and are not at the extreme endsattached to the leggin 1 0. The part 12 1s firmly secured to the eggingnear one edge,v

and the spring bar 13'is also secured to the leggin near the oppositeedge,- and these parts ave a tendency to preserve theshape fthe leggingand. to prevent the edges from gaping.

ging,` and on the edge opposite that to W the s ring bar 13 is attached,are pockets 15 whic are open at the inner ends, and when the legging 1scoiled around the leg, these free ends 13a of the spring bar 13 can beinserted in the pockets, and thus the legging is uickly and iirmlysecured. Moreover, by aving thefstiffening strips 12 and `13 arranged asspecified, together -With the transverse spring 11, and the fasteningpockets 15,l the legging is held in shape much better than by ,ordinaryfastening means, and presents a much better appearance. Furthermore, itwill be seen that the arrangement described enables the device to be aplied instantly,

and to take itlofl", one mere y grasps the free edge and simply pulls ito en..

` I have shown and descri ed the structure as a legging, but obvious] itmay be a bootleg as wel the only di erence being'that .there would'be afoot portion attached to the legging to form it into a boot. This isindiear the u er and. lower partsof` the le PP M51 cated lroughly indotted lines in Fig. 1. It is L important to have the spring 11somewhere near the middle portion of the le ging, in order to get thebest results, and tIus arrangement taken' with theend bars, serves tobest preserve the shape of the device.

In the drawing I have shown pockets 15 to enga e the ends of the s ringbar 13, but obvious y any equivalent eepers or fastening devices can besubstituted for the purpose without affecting the principle of theinvention, and by having several of these pockets at each end of thefastening sprin the\device can `be readily adjusted to di erent sizedHaving thusfully described'my invention, i

the legging at e point near the middle theredevices to secure the endsof the spring bei of, a shaplng garfasltened near Lis inidseeto theopposite part of the legging. vtiontooneen o t'esrin'un exten in Y w 1 ww along one edge of the legginga spring bar se EUGENE LL BObbv 5 cured'near its' mid-section to the opposite Witnesses:

end of the spring and extending alongthe WARREN B. HUTCHINSON,

second edge of the legging, and fastening N. E. GAGNON.

